Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2012
Volume 57, Number 1
Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts
Session J25: Focus Session: Simulation of Matter at Extreme Conditions: Shock Compression and Other High-Strain-Rate Phenomena
11:15 AM–2:15 PM,
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Room: 257A
Sponsoring
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DCOMP GSCCM DMP
Chair: Evan Reed, Stanford University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.J25.11
Abstract: J25.00011 : From fingering to fracture in a complex fluid
1:15 PM–1:27 PM
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Abstract
Author:
Baudouin Saintyves
(CEA-Saclay)
We present a novel experiment -- a specific Hele-Shaw cell with mobile sides which can be pulled at a prescribed velocity - with which both liquids and solids can be loaded with the same boundary conditions, beyond the small deformation regime. With such a system, one can examine quantitatively the response of a viscoelastic material when the loading rate is varied. In the case of viscous Newtonian liquids, an air bubble is shown to destabilize in a Saffman-Taylor manner, forming a finger which elongates in the direction in which the mobile sides are pulled. In contrast, in a Maxwell liquid, we observe a different kind of instability, which gives rise to more complex patterns. This instability leading to local stress concentrations, it is immediately followed by fracture. The displacement field is evaluated in each case by using tracers and image correlations.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2012.MAR.J25.11
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